Diagnoses rendered on prostate needle biopsy in community hospitals

Prostate

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 50-55

  Weinstein, Michael H ^a   Greenspan, David L ^b   Epstein, Jonathan I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical; Gleason grade; Prostate cancer; Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031898445     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(19980401)35:1<50::AID-PROS7>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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